Steve Walsh
As a military reporter, Steve Walsh delivers stories and features for TV, radio and the web.
Before coming to KPBS, Steve worked as a journalist in Northwest Indiana and Chicago. He hosted a daily public affairs show on Lakeshore Public Radio and was an original host and producer for the storytelling project Vocalo.org at WBEZ in Chicago. He has been a reporter on Back At Base, a collaboration between NPR and seven public radio stations that looks at veterans and the military.
He is a graduate of Indiana State University. He spent a large portion of his career as a print reporter for the Times of Northwest Indiana and the Post-Tribune in Gary, Indiana. At the Post-Tribune, he was embedded in Iraq twice. He was also an investigative reporter and covered the Indiana Statehouse during the term of three governors.
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A Pentagon program that helped thousands of veterans become classroom teachers is winding down. Advocates say the program should be saved. -
The September report from the Government Accountability Office said the shortages are part of a long-standing maintenance problem for the Navy. -
The aircraft carrier's deployment demonstrated the growing threat of enemy drones, and it spotlighted the role of social media propaganda in warfare. -
Cost are increasing sharply as post-911 veterans begin to qualify for state benefits. But cutting the programs is politically difficult. -
After months of preparation, the U.S. military is opening a floating pier to deliver humanitarian aid to people in Gaza. No U.S. troops will go ashore in Gaza.
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Though TikTok could soon be banned in the U.S., the app continues to gain followers among members of the military. Miltok has become a hub to talk about daily life in the service.
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Each threatened shutdown can lead to stress in the military community about missing paychecks and losing access to federal programs. -
A lack of barracks space, as well as poor living conditions in some barracks buildings, are contributing to complaints about sailors' quality of life. -
Forty years ago, a devastating bombing at a U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 241 U.S. service members. It's widely seen as the attack that touched off the so-called war on terror.
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The deaths among Washington crewmembers occurred during a six-year period when the carrier remained in the shipyard for maintenance.
